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TRAVEL CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL COAST 10 The Central Coast is coming alive as a still-unspoiled tourist destination for lovers of wine, waves and wildlife.

— By Irene Lacher

Tabloid publishing czar William Randolph Hearst was more complicated than his Hearst Castle memorial would suggest.

— By Lila Nordstrom

22 TRAVEL DISPATCHES From California to Peru, some best bets for places to go this summer and beyond

— By Carl Kozlowski

33 VACATION RENTAL HOME HORRORS Gather your family for a little togetherness in paradise, but don’t forget to do your due diligence first.

— By Nancy Spiller

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EDITOR’S NOTE

MY IDEA OF TRAVEL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO EXPLORE exotic new places (although as I got older, the thought of spending my vacations surrendering to the expert hands of a masseuse became increasingly interesting). When I graduated from college, my parents’ gift was a one-way ticket to Hong Kong and enough cash to cover three nights at the Kowloon YWCA. More than two years of adventures followed, which included side trips to Sri Lanka, where I wandered into a Hindu temple during a candle-lit ceremony, and to Indonesia, where I stepped off the first Concorde flight through Asia. But you don’t have to cross the planet to find new worlds to explore. There are places close to home that remain stuck in time, unspoiled flyover towns between San Francisco and Los Angeles ignored by most tourists. That describes much of the Central Coast, a burgeoning wine-producing region with pockets just beginning to wake up to wine tourism. In Morro Bay, Cayucos and other coastal towns in San Luis Obispo County, you won’t knock elbows with the masses who swarm the wine trails of Napa. But as I discovered, you will find some excellent wineries and pristine reserves for wildlife, like the rookery where northern elephant seals molt and mate, not as performers at an amusement park but in their natural habitat. Even a famous Central Coast destination like Hearst Castle has secrets to uncover, as Lila Nordstrom learned when a visit there inspired her to unearth the real story of tabloid czar William Randolph Hearst, beneath the somewhat sanitized tale presented by his memorial. Of course, I don’t have to tell you what can happen to the best-laid plans, but it can help to read about it anyway. The vacation rental home industry is yet another sector hit by the ripple effect of the housing market crash. And Nancy Spiller offers some surprising tales of trips gone awry and tips for successfully grabbing quality family time at a halcyon place with a lake view and four bedrooms that sleep 12.

— Irene Lacher

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Central Coast Travel

CALIFORNIA’S MIDDLE KINGDOM The Central Coast is coming alive as a still-unspoiled tourist destination for lovers of wine, waves and wildlife.

Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego, along with the satellite communities of Napa and La Jolla, have been California’s star tourist destinations since time immemorial (or at least what passes for it in the New World). But many of the state’s other areas that also boast some or all of the four Ws of California tourism — weather, waves, wine and wildlife — are taking their cues from those better-organized and -publicized locales and playing catch-up. Burgeoning wine destinations like Monterey and Paso Robles are already well on their way, luring affluent oenophiles with winery trails and luxury accommodations. Others, like Morro Bay and Cayucos on the Central Coast, are just beginning to feel their upscale tourism oats. Of course the downside is there’s less to choose from in the way of high-end restaurants and hostelries, at least for the time being. But the cheering result is that San Luis Obispo County is generally far less touristy. Towns still retain some of their charming retro tackiness — and not in an ironic way — in decades-old shops and inns that sit cheek by jowl beside sophisticated newcomers. And the local wildlife is really wild. Indeed, animal lovers may enjoy being rocked to sleep in their four-star hotel by the siren calls of sea lions in Monterey Bay, but there’s something thrilling about visiting the colony of northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) in their natural habitat — the unspoiled Piedras Blancas rookery on Highway 1 seven miles north of San Simeon. Some 15,000 animals visit the beach there twice a year to breed, give birth, molt and rest after spending eight to 10 months in open ocean, and May and June are their high season. And don’t miss Montaña de Oro State Park in Los Osos — 8,000 acres of cliffs, streams, hills, canyons and beaches, where nature guides point out indigenous flora and fauna, like the tiniest crabs skittering along rocks just below the ocean’s surface at Spooners Cove. 10 | ARROYO | 05.11

Perhaps the official imprimatur on San Luis Obispo County’s emergence as a destination for foodies is Sunset magazine’s new “Savor the Central Coast” festival, which returns for its second year from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. The Western U.S. lifestyle magazine launched the event to serve bon vivants and wineries in the region halfway between L.A. and San Francisco — previously flyover territory. The festival is located at the historic Santa Margarita Ranch, where visitors will be able to ride a vintage train while dozens of wineries and specialty food purveyors serve up tastes, and star chefs Anthony Hagan, Cat Cora and Cindy Pawlcyn demonstrate how to prepare local dishes like Morro Bay’s famous oysters (whose habitat you can explore for yourself via Lost Isle Adventures’ pontoonstyle tiki boat). Perhaps less well known, but finding its way onto cutting-edge menus, is another Morro Bay seafood specialty — abalone. The Abalone Farm in Cayucos (abalonefarm.com) produces more than 100 tons of California red abalone every year, using sustainable farming methods. Long a staple of Asian cuisine, the sweet sea meat is marketed primarily to sushi retaurants, but fresh supplies can be purchased at Giovanni’s Fish Market in Morro Bay (giovannisfishmarket.com), which also ships. The Abalone Farm doesn’t offer public tours as a matter of course, but if you’re traveling to the area during the summer, call (805) 995-2495 or email them to see whether they’re opening their doors for the occasional limited facility tour. Of course, no California vacation would be complete without surveying the local wine offerings. And San Luis Obispo County has a long history as a wine-growing region, dating back to the first plantings by Catholic priests who made sacramental wine more than two centuries ago. Now some 250 mostly family-owned wineries make up the SLO wine region, which is itself comprised of three viticulture areas — the Edna Valley, Arroyo Grande Valley and Avila Valley — known for Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Zinfandel, Syrah, Viognier and Grenache. You can get an overview of sustainable wine production at Orcutt Road Cellars, which sells 240,000 cases a year under the Baileyana, Tranza and Tangent labels. Then pop over to family-owned wineries like Saucelito Canyon, known for its estate Zinfandels, particularly its 1880 Zinfandel, a limited-production wine made from vines more than a century old. Or taste the offerings at Claiborne & Churchill, which specializes in premium dry white wines of Alsace, made from Riesling, Gewürtzraminer and Pinot Gris grapes. You can try them all as well as the wares of other member wineries of the San Luis Obispo Vintners Association at its “Roll Out the Barrels Weekend” of tastings, barrel samples and wine-and-food pairings from June 23 to 26. The area’s restaurants may not be keeping pace with the burgeoning wine region, but there are some gems worth sampling, such as Cambria’s reasonably priced Black Cat Bistro, Robin’s Restaurant and Madeline’s. Luxury hotels are even rarer, but they do exist. I stayed at the cozy Anderson Inn on Morro Bay, a lovely beachy place owned and operated by an old Morro Bay family, which has fireplaces and sunny, whitewashed wood ceilings that reminded me of Nantucket. After all, you don’t need a lot of places to stay. As my mother always said, all it takes is one. ||||

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Breaching Whale in Morro Bay Moonstone Beach

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Piedras Blancas rookery for northern elephant seals, Highway 1 seven miles

San Luis Obispo County vineyard

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Central Coast Travel

w THE KING OF THE CASTLE Tabloid publishing czar William Randolph Hearst was a more complicated man than his Hearst Castle memorial would suggest. BY LILA NORDSTROM

Life can be so unfair. Joseph Pulitzer is remembered for the prestigious journalism award that bears his name, and

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yet his former tabloid rival, William Randolph Hearst, is At least, these were the first things asso“The amount of information that is out ciated with the newspaper baron that came there about William Randolph Hearst remembered for what? Citizen Kane. Yellow journalism. is…too much,” declares Hoyt Fields, Hearst to my mind when I entered Hearst Castle’s massive visitor’s center and signed up for a Castle’s museum director. He’s right. To reGore Vidal’s Narratives of Empire series, which portrays ally know Hearst is to know a lot of gossip, tour. Hearst’s hulking, cathedral-like mansion and museum in San Simeon is one of none of which describes the same Hearst him as a power-hungry, immature near-tyrant. Oh, and summoned by the Experience Tour, the first the best-known tourist attractions in the country, let alone California. But it’s also of six tours (and the most popular one) at of course, building the Neverland Ranch of his day. one of the most confounding. When I the Hearst San Simeon State Historical bought my tickets and began to ascend the Monument operated by California State hill to the main house by bus (you can’t drive there directly), I found that the William Parks. Ultimately, the guides tell a story that studiously ignores the one feature of Hearst’s Randolph Hearst his museum enshrines is a different man from the one I thought I personality most relevant to the massive property: his over-the-top acquisitiveness. knew about. In Hearst Castle’s eyes, he was an art lover. A philanthropist. A boy with big Son of a mining millionaire, Hearst was not a self-made man by any stretch. Born a dreams and a charming dash of chutzpah. wealthy boy who could have had anything, he became a man who wanted everything. The place may make a case, but in response I say this: Come on, the man had his He loved art, so he cornered 25 percent of the world’s art market. He loved animals, so –continued on page 19 own zebras.

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be bought himself a zoo. He loved the newspaper business and, at the height of his empire, one in five Americans read a Hearst-owned paper daily. He loved politics and power, so he financed his own runs for office year after year. Even though Hearst could simply purchase most of what he wanted, there were two things he never obtained despite his best efforts. The first was control of Mexico. The second was the American presidency. His later big dreams were derived from these big failures. Hearst laid out his ambitions for Mexico in a letter to his mother in 1886: “I really don’t see what is to prevent us from owning all of Mexico and running it to suit ourselves.” He had inherited extensive land holdings in the state of Chihuahua from his father. During the Mexican Revolution, his property came under attack from Pancho Villa’s forces, so Hearst employed a hundred-man army to protect his holdings from looters and, even more threatening, “[HEARST IS] THE FORERUNNER OF WHAT YOU SEE nationalization. Though Hearst’s mercenaries safeguarded his property for a time, he TODAY WITH MEDIA CONGLOMERATES. CAN YOU was never able to expand his land holdings or influence there, and the lands were sold IMAGINE WHAT HE WOULD HAVE DONE WITH THE back to the Mexican government just two years after his death. TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TODAY?” Hearst’s fight for the American presi–Hoyt Fields dency was even more expensive and less successful than his fight to control Mexico, and the impact of that failure on his later ambitions was far greater. After getting kicked out of Harvard with one year to go above all, he remained fiercely obsessed with only one party — himself — and maintain(an inveterate prankster, he had given each of his professors chamber pots with their ing his own influence. As he laid the groundwork for a run for national office in 1904, he names inscribed on the bottom), he was asked by his father, George (by then a U.S. senabought up more and more newspapers. In the meantime, he served a term in Congress, tor), what he wanted to do with his life. The answer, to his father’s surprise, was to run the San Francisco Examiner, a failing paper George had purchased for political reasons finishing with distinction — one of the worst attendance records in Congressional history. during a run for office (though it is also rumored he won it in a poker game). The World’s Work put it rather candidly: “Mr. Hearst, speaking in terms of bulk, is the Hearst’s style of journalism was circulation-driven from the get-go, so he was always greatest of American editors, but he is only a third-rate or fourth-rate politician.” Despite looking to shock his readers. As The World’s Work, a magazine that profiled him in 1922, numerous runs for office every election year following, Hearst never won another elecput it, “The Freudians reduce the world to sex and money; Hearst had reduced his newstion. By 1912, he was known as William “Also-Ran”dolph Hearst. It was if he had conpapers to that before he or anyone else in this country had ever heard of Freud.” fused his political influence as a newsman with a genuine popular mandate. Several years after taking the helm at the Examiner, Hearst purchased the New York This Hearst is the man who built Hearst Castle. He was certainly no boy with a Morning Journal. There he found himself competing feverishly for readership with Joseph dream by then. He was a man with a big chip on his shoulder. Pulitzer’s paper, the New York World — which put a premium on original reporting. As a The tours of Hearst Castle focus heavily on the lives of visitors to “the ranch” and are result, Hearst’s already bombastic coverage of current events at times veered into sheer instartlingly straightforward about one thing: Hearst’s expectations and treatment of his vention. And there was the potential for power in fictional “news” — the power to start guests. At San Simeon he ruled the roost, demanding that his guests remain active during wars, the power to change government policy, the power to exercise control over the potheir stay despite his lengthy absences (he spent the days squirreled away in his offices on litical machines of the day. the property). He appeared in the evenings, occasionally asking his companions to put on Hearst, a Democrat, made friends and enemies at Tammany Hall, the heart of New impromptu shows for him and literally sing for their supper. At night in the main house’s York’s Democratic political machine, and he did the same with rivals across the aisle. But –continued on page 21

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movie theater, he showed films from his own studios — Cosmopolitan Productions, which merged first with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and later Warner Bros. San Simeon was his private kingdom, where he lived openly with film actress and comedienne Marion Davis from 1919 on while his wife, Millicent, led a separate life in New York. Indeed, he had purchased for himself what he could not find in the real world: a place to govern. Despite the constant stream of visitors, Hearst’s isolation from the rest of the country grew immeasurably during the San Simeon years from 1927 to 1945. After all, his private revelries were taking place against the backdrop of the Great Depression. The real world finally encroached on Hearst’s during the 1930s, and he began to desperately squeeze his properties for cash, slowly losing pieces of his publishing empire. Once considered a populist and advocate for the common man, he began to lose touch with his plight; Hearst’s politics took a giant step to the right, joining forces with the New Deal’s vehement foes. He became known as a rich old man who hated taxes, social services and, by extension, the very people he had championed just years earlier. When FDR signed a new income tax on the ultra-rich into law, he famously declared, “This one is for Hearst.”

In some ways, the mission of Hearst Castle’s keepers is for1. Roman Pool portal biddingly broad. How is it possible, in a brief tour, to provide in2. Gothic Study 3. Celestial Bedroom sight into entities as complex as Hearst and his 25,000-piece art 4. Assembly Room collection without distracting visitors from the matter at hand: Opposite: the property itself? Ultimately, of course, my further research into Hearst Castle façade Hearst’s life and times made one thing clear. There are many ways in which Hearst Castle is impressive, but Hearst’s lifelong pursuit of excess is a cautionary tale for the rest of us. Asked about the mogul’s relevance to the present, museum Director Hoyt Fields muses, “[Hearst is] the forerunner of what you see today with media conglomerates.” He specifically mentions Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner, but it is clear he sees Hearst as more than just a forebear of these powerful men. Fields sees him as an original. “Can you imagine what he would have done with the technology available today?” he asks. To be honest, I almost don’t want to know. |||| Hearst Castle is located 250 miles northwest of Los Angeles at 750 Hearst Castle Rd., San Simeon. Day tours run Monday through Sunday from 8:20 a.m. (variable in December)

I recently told a friend that I had walked into Hearst Castle an architecture aficionado and walked out a history buff. While touring the grounds, I became so fixated on the political context lacking from the guide’s tale that I barely noticed the extensive art collection I had gone there to see.

to 3:20 p.m. in winter, later in summer and December. Evening tour times correlate with sunset. Tickets cost $24 for adults ($30 for the evening tour) and $12 for children and teens ages 6 to 17 ($15 for evening). Tour reservations are strongly recommended and can be made by calling (800) 444-4445 or visiting hearstcastle.org. 05.11 | ARROYO | 21

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shop in the Quechua Indian markets of Cusco and the Sacred Valley. From Aug. 4 to 15, families with kids ages 11 and older can go on the Inca Trail Trek and Amazon adventure, which guides hikers and bikers along the Amazon by day; by night, set up camp beside ancient ruins and sleep under the stars.

Shakespeare and sunshine make a merry match beginning June Frank Lloyd Wright’s legendary Fallingwater is on Smithsonian maga-

2 at Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, pre-

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the architect’s legacy in the Pittsburgh area Oct. 1–4. The “Wright Way

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$21 to $40, so order well in advance to avoid sell-outs.

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Historic Landmark. Guests, who will stay at the historic Omni William Penn Hotel and the Nemacolin Woodlands Spa and Resort, will also tour Wright’s 1954 Kentuck Knob and 1957 Duncan House as well as Pittsburgh’s notable art museums and historic homes and neighborhoods. The trip costs $1,995 per person double occupancy (excluding airfare), $1,795 for members.

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Disney takes a tip from Lilo and Stitch's idea of paradise with the new Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, in Ko Olina, Hawaii, opening Aug. 29. The 21-acre resort includes 360 guestrooms and 481 villas as well as four restaurants, two lounges, a kids' club, pools, whirlpool spas, an 18,000-square-foot spa, a stream and even a rainbow reef for snorkeling. Idle hours can be filled with Diamond Head hikes, sailing on a catamaran, surfing lessons, kayaking, museum visits and more.

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France's lush Burgundy region comes alive this summer with the Musique au Musée music festival on July 17, July 24 and Aug. 7. Early fall brings the Jazz à Beaune music and art festival Sept. 15--16. Frelons Fabulous France offers festival packages that include a stay at La Ferme de la Lochère, a private estate that accommodates groups of up to 10. From April through October, La Ferme offers hands-on cooking classes, private wine tastings and an array of other classes and day trips to such famous locales as the Abbey of Fontenay, the vineyards of the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits and the location for the film Chocolat, the Vineyard of Flavigny.

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Park City, Utah, may be best known for great skiing and January's Sundance Film Festival, but the post--Civil War mining town has plenty of charm year round. For sheer glamour and one of the country's best rooftop bars, head to the Sky Lodge in Old Town, a 33-room all-suite hotel with style to spare.The property incorporates Park City’s history, maintaining 110-year-old wood columns and hand-planed hickory floors.The hotel’s Amatsu Spa is touted as a zen sanctuary with a downtown vibe. Where do we sign up?

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Northern California’s legendary food and drink is there for the asking at six prime inns and resorts in Mendocino County. And spring season brings last-minute getaway specials of up to half off peak room rates. Check out the Elk Cove Inn in the town of Elk (elkcoveinn.com) and the Stevenswood Spa Resort in Little River (where you can save up to 50 percent by reserving a room within nine days of check-in at

stevenswood.com/lastminute.html). Last-minute online specials are also available at the Glendeven Inn & Wine Bar in Little River (glendeven.com/specials.html) and the rustic Brewery Gulch Inn in Mendocino (brewerygulchinn.com/specials.htm). And when you’re in Mendocino Village, don’t forget the MacCallum House Inn and Restaurant (maccallumhouse.com) and nearby Anchor Bay, which offers a tempting “Procrastinator’s Special,” allowing guests to book a two-bedroom cottage at the reduced rate of a one-bedroom if all the one-bedroom cottages are already reserved (marvistamendocino.com).

The Cayman Cotton Tree, the only boutique luxury cottage hotel in the Cayman Islands, offers four pastel-colored cottages amidst a garden of tropical flowers and fruits, next to 400 feet of exclusive beach on the Caribbean. Soak up the atmosphere by taking a dip in the freshwater pool, engaging in water sports, going bird-watching or exploring Barker's National Park by bike. Dabble in art or culinary classes or get your zen on with yoga in the fitness center or a massage in an open-air pavilion among seagrape trees. Prices range from $330 for a garden-view cottage during the off season (May 1 through Oct. 13) to $1,300 for

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In most parts of the world, a nearly overflowing lake might be cause for concern, but at Lake Nacimiento in San Luis Obispo County (halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco), the fact that it has attained “full pool” status for the first time in 28 years has brought visitors running. That’s because the full lake and its gushing spillway offer the best boating, fishing and camping along the 165-mile shoreline in decades. Set up home base at Lake Nacimiento Resort’s full-service park, which offers furnished lodges and boat slips and rentals in the marina.

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VACATION RENTAL HOME HORRORS Pack up the kids and gather your family for a little togetherness in paradise, but don’t forget to do your due diligence first. TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY NANCY SPILLER

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t was 2:30 of the morning after the first day of our dream vacation, and I was rolling around on the round bed in the honeymoon suite of a South Lake Tahoe motel with my dog. My husband was miles down the road, sleeping in a bring-your-own-toilet-paper health hazard masquerading as living quarters as he heroically awaited the 7 a.m. arrival of our 3-year-old twin granddaughters. We’d been planning for this day for six months. After combing through zillions of promising online photos, multiple conversations with a rental agent sporting the badge of a major national real estate franchise and faxing contracts to and fro, we rented a cozy South Lake Tahoe cabin close to the girls’ home for the post– Christmas/New Year’s holiday week. We’d have our dog, the snow, home-cooked meals from old family recipes and Good Times. Never, in all of our close attention to details, did we anticipate standing at 10:30 at night in the living room of a 1970s Tyrolean-themed dump. Possibly sensing that we would never have chosen the place in a million years, our friendly rental agent assured us he had recently put his parents up here. I wondered if their relationship was a happy one. Shortly after he left, I wondered if they were even still alive. This was the third place he had put us in. The cabin we’d reserved back in July was within a few miles of the twins’ home. Tahoe traffic being as brutal as L.A.’s, proximity was of utmost importance. Then, just a few weeks before our arrival date, we were told that the place had suffered burst pipes and flooding and was no longer inhabitable. We picked a second home from among several online listings they offered us. It was much

larger than we needed and farther away from the twins, but we got it at the same price. When we arrived late on the evening of our first day, having driven nine hours from L.A., we came upon an unwelcome discovery — instead of the instruction packet and keys we expected to find in a drop box, the house had been rented out from under us. The day after Christmas, our agent claimed, someone in his office had accidentally hit the wrong computer button and, in a single keystroke, managed to bump our reservation from Dec. 27 to Jan. 27, popping our house back on the market where it was grabbed by the world’s luckiest group of Johnny-come-latelies. We pulled up just in time to see the last of the tribe of 10 smiling adults as they unpacked their cars and piled in. We followed the agent over to what he assured us was the only option available by then, the start of the busiest week in Tahoe’s ski season. As the road led farther and farther away from the grandkids and ever closer to the Nevada line, I recalled a woeful tale a friend told at Christmas dinner about the misbegotten Big Bear house he’d rented a few weeks earlier for a ski vacation with his two teenagers. We’d done our homework well in advance, I had thought smugly, and we’d be fine. At least he’d gotten the house he’d picked, even if it did have a 5-inch-deep pond in front of the entrance his agent refused to do anything about. As we continued chasing after the rental agent’s car, I was starting to feel like a roulette ball in a Stateline casino. Downstairs, the Tyrolean was rustic but appeared to be habitable. We let the agent go, which he did very quickly. We unpacked the car. Then I went upstairs in search of our dog. She was in the master bedroom eating kibble from the burnt orange shag rug, where rat droppings were –continued on page 36 05.11 | ARROYO | 33

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Yes, we got a full refund plus some, enough to cover an extra nected and rat feces–free” prize property. hotel room for our other son and his partner who joined us for New Year’s. It was small Togethering can be fun, I’m sure, and doing it in a house can save money and provide compensation for all the time spent shlepping our stuff and being stuck in traffic, when far more space and privacy than a hotel. But for a peek at togethering’s dark side, check we should have been communing with the kids. Even now, months later, I still suffer out one of the countless reality television shows where large groups of adults rent houses from bouts of post-traumatic vacation-rental stress syndrome. in far-flung locations to blow off the kind of steam they wouldn’t dare to back home. No In the bitter calm aftermath of these episodes, I ask myself questions, such as how wonder the neighbors are on edge. Then there are the might I — and you — avoid such debacles in the fustories of the lonely landlords who live next door and ture? First of all, the vacation home rental business is want to join you for coffee, ask how you are doing or booming — the industry claims 150,000 properties narecommend some restaurants every time they see you, tionwide — which obviously suggests there are enough the guest, on their vacation home rental deck. happy customers to keep things humming. Indeed, this You still want to together in paradise? Then your wasn’t the first time we’d rented one. My husband and I best bet is to go with the industry acronyms. VRBO is have rented homes in Tuscany, Venice, Martha’s VineVacation Rental By Owner at vrbo.com. Its website has yard, Squaw Valley, Sun Valley, Baja, Idyllwild and elsea ton of rental tips and information with listings offered where, with varying degrees of success. We’d never by registered owners. The only guarantees offered, experienced any substitutions, though our frequently however, are insurance policies they sell for cancellation faxed contracts had a clause claiming agents’ absolute SUDDENLY THE SEA OF VACATION protection and a policy (and red flag) titled “Carefree right to make them. To their credit, the contract had no Rental Guarantee.” clause claiming the right to make incredibly stupid HOME PROPERTIES LOOKS LIKE A Then there’s VRMA, the Vacation Rental Mancomputer mistakes that would ruin our entire stay. SAD TESTAMENT TO THE COLLAPSE agers Association at vrma.com. This website offers listLooking into the possibility of legal action, I found ings handled by its registered professional members, that vacation home renters have little recourse. Dashed OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. RENTING who are said to abide by a code of ethics that covers hopes and crushed dreams with a side of outrageous inONE MIGHT BE A PATRIOTIC EFFORT standards of cleanliness, comfort and utility. For extra convenience don’t equal pain and suffering when seekassurance, the VRMA recommends renting from ing monetary awards. Plus, any legal proceedings would TO REVIVE THE ECONOMY. agents who also participate in the Better Business Bube in the county of the crime scene, safely assumed to reau (BBB) and are rated by the Auto Club (AAA). The real estate agency we worked be far, far away from the victim’s residence. with in South Lake Tahoe was not a member of VRMA and doesn’t show a BBB button Our shabby chalet had a sign posted on the exterior for a vacation rental complaint hoton its website, but it does come up in a search of AAA affiliates in the area. line manned by the City of South Lake Tahoe. In the midst of our calamity, we left multiAnd since the collapse of the real estate market, renters need to proceed with even ple messages at the beep but never talked with an actual human. Arlene, with the City of greater caution. South Lake Tahoe’s revenue department, finally did return my call recently. She told me, My forensic rental research took me to zillow.com, where I discovered our first prop“The city doesn’t have a lot to do with renters’ concerns” when it comes to vacation homes. erty listed for sale. December’s burst pipes weren’t its only problem. The agent from the The hotline was established in 2003, along with a vacation rental home permit prooffice handling the sale (not our rental agent) said our first property’s mortgage had been gram. Prior to that, the City of South Lake Tahoe’s fire and police services were being underwater since October and the place had been tied up in a short sale, “one step away “drained” by neighbors’ complaints about wild parties, too many parked cars and trash from foreclosure,” for a month. The home had been bought in May 2006, at the height of pileups at problem properties. Now the permit program enables the city to collect the market, for $200,000 more than its current selling price. Such properties are good Transient Occupancy Tax, or TOT, like that collected on hotel rooms, to cover these candidates to suffer neglect. enforcement costs. Suddenly the sea of vacation home properties looks like a sad testament to the colVacation home renters stay less than 30 days, are considered “guests” and aren’t lapse of the American dream. Renting one might be a patriotic effort to revive the econgranted established tenant rights. Suddenly, a hotel’s 24-hour front desk and housekeepomy. Alternatively, you might want to think thrice before renting from an owner who ing department look pretty good. possibly bears a grudge against guests who didn’t buy a second home and don’t spend all The State of California apparently doesn’t concern itself with the plights and rights of their vacation time and money maintaining it. No wonder the pillow is flat and the matguests/renters either. At least, no one I talked to in the Department of Consumer Affairs tress is lumpy! or the State Attorney General’s office was aware of anything California did to address Some of our best experiences were renting through personal recommendations. Short such issues. In contrast, Massachusetts, a big state for summer rentals, does address them of that, we’d explore the offerings of the above-listed acronyms, although our current and offers online information for prospective renters. Under the let-that-be-a-warningthoughts on traffic-choked Tahoe are leaning toward a Winnebago, a vacation home on to-you heading “Avoiding Vacation Rental Horrors,” its Office of Consumer Affairs and wheels. It’s another relic from the ‘70s — but then so are we. 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Mambo Italiano What happens when food has the starring role in film? You might leave the theater with timpano on the brain. BY LESLIE BILDERBACK | PHOTOS BY CLAIRE BILDERBACK

A few weeks ago, while flipping channels in search of something to watch with my daughter (desperate to avoid yet another episode of

Glee — I can only take so much), I came across one of my favorite movies: Big Night. I used to show it to my culinary students on the last day of class, while I took them aside one at a time to discuss their grades. (A good movie softens the blow.) To my delight, my daughter really liked it. If you haven’t seen it, Big Night (1996) is the story of two Italian brothers trying to save their New Jersey restaurant with one big dinner and Louis Prima as the guest of honor. (Once I explained that Louis Prima was the voice of King Louis in The Jungle Book, she liked it even more.) My kids and I don’t always agree on movies. As a kid, I adored the The Love Bug and Dr. Doolittle, but once the new versions arrived, my beloved (superior) classics never stood a chance. How they could prefer Lindsay Lohan to Buddy Hackett is beyond my comprehension. Ever since Big Night, we have had timpano on the brain. This is the large baked pasta dish, shaped like a kettle drum, layered with all sorts of incredible things and wrapped in sheets of pasta. It is the pièce de résistance of the film, but in the 15 years since its release, I have yet to see one on an actual table. (For a while I thought it was an urban myth, like the chupacabra or alligators in the sewer.) I’ve heard that restaurants were serving it when the film came out, which wouldn’t surprise me. Whenever food plays a supporting role on the big screen, it inevitably makes its way into the marketplace. In fact, it’s not uncommon for a movie to spark nationwide food trends. Remember

Fried Green Tomatoes? After that movie came out in 1991, fried green tomatoes were on every menu, from trendy hipster joints to greasy spoons. Author Fannie Flagg claimed she remembered the Depression-era dish from her Southern childhood at the Irondale Café (which inspired her fictional Whistle Stop Café). But fried green tomatoes were actually a rare sight in the South until the 1990s. Not only that, it looks like they sprang from a Northern Jewish tradition. (I beg your pardon, suh!) The earliest written recipe was found in a Midwestern Jewish cookbook from the 19th century. The recipe appears in newspapers in the early 20th century, but only in the North. It seems that fried green tomatoes were common from Massachusetts to Nebraska, a region with a short growing season and a need to use the fruits before the frost set in. The first mention of fried green tomatoes in the South appeared in an Alabama paper in 1944. It was a syndicated arti–continued on page 38 05.11 | ARROYO | 37

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–continued from page 37 cle about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new mandate to prescribe nutritious breakfasts of “shortcake, baked beans and fried green tomatoes.” The Irondale (a.k.a. Whistle Stop) was in Alabama, so I suppose that could explain Flagg’s recollection. Today the café fries up 60 to 70 pounds of green tomatoes a day for tourists looking to recapture the magic of spousal abuse and the repressed homosexuality of the 1930s. Red velvet cake, too, found new life after its movie debut. The 1989 chick flick Steel

Magnolias features a red velvet groom’s cake shaped like an armadillo. (It’s also known as the “roadkill cake” because once it has been cut, the red interior takes on new significance. ) I hesitate to bake this ubiquitous cake for fear of being labeled “trendy,” but just to be clear, I got my recipe in 1976 (I was just a tot!) from a Southern gal, handwritten on an index card, with ingredients that included “oleo.” An authentic red velvet cake is made the old-fashioned way, with vinegar and baking soda, which create the carbon dioxide reaction that leavens the cake. (Think pâpier-maché volcano). This acid-alkaline reaction also deepens the color of the cocoa to a devilish red-brown (that’s how chocolate devil’s food cake got its name). Although both the Canadian department store Eaton’s and the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York claim the cake’s origin, it is likely that one cook simply wanted her devil’s food cake more devilish and added food color. As recently as the 1960s, newspapers were still calling it “red devil’s cake.”

Babette’s Feast, a 1987 Danish film about an exiled French chef, got as much play in upscale restaurants as it did in art house theaters. Many chefs, including the one I worked for, offered either the entire feast, or just the Cailles en Sacrcophages. (Quail stuffed with foie gras, baked in puff pastry and served with black-truffle sauce. Not too shabby). When it comes to food movies, like a rocket scientist at a Star Trek convention, I am a hideous nit-picker. They spend so much time and money on every other part of a movie, you’d think someone could properly research the food. (Hello, Hollywood? Call my agent.) I nearly walked out of It’s Complicated when Meryl Streep started making chocolate croissants. (Pain au chocolat are rolled up from rectangular pieces of dough, not triangles…duh!) Period films often have historically inaccurate food (usually fruit from the wrong hemisphere) or use cooking equipment that has yet to be invented.

Ratatouille is quite accurate, but as someone who has had sticky-paper rodent trap duty every morning, even Disney can’t make me enjoy the thought of rats in a kitchen. In my favorite food movie of all time, food and cooking are the killers! Who is Killing

the Great Chefs of Europe? is a goofy romantic comedy from 1978 that has, in my opinion, the most accurate culinary scenes on film (which is the reason I love it…that or Jean-Pierre Cassel’s rear, as he makes breakfast clothed in only an apron). Movies about family often involve large meals but are usually so fraught with angst that the food is hard to appreciate (e.g., 2003’s Pieces of April, Soul Food from 1997 and

The Wedding Banquet, 1993). Movies about love that feature food can be gross, like 9 1/2 Weeks (1986) which turned me off to strawberries permanently, or beautiful, like the mystical Like Water for Chocolate (1992), which brought the aphrodisiac to a new level. And don’t forget the bawdy Tom Jones, which made it acceptable to eat meat with your hands at the dinner table in 1963.

Timpano/Timballo In case you hadn’t noticed, this is a fantastic way to use up leftovers. INGREDIENTS 1 pound fresh pasta sheets, crêpes or cooked lasagna noodles ½ pound melted butter 2 quarts of your favorite tomato sauce 1 pound fresh mozzarella, diced 1 pound ziti or penne pasta, cooked 1 quart béchamel sauce or ricotta cheese 4 cups of the following (your choice…mix and match): Sautéed ground veal Roasted chicken Italian sausage Sautéed mushrooms, zucchini, eggplant or spinach Fresh peas Artichoke hearts 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Some movies have little to do with food but use it in a memorable way, like the razorshaved garlic in Goodfellas (1990) or the $5 shake in Pulp Fiction (1994). Others ooze with food, like 1970’s Scrooge (Albert Finney channels Tom Jones during his visit with the

METHOD 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Generously coat a large soufflé dish, springform pan or bowl (with a 2-to-3-quart capacity) with melted butter. Line the bottom and sides with fresh pasta sheets, crêpes or noodles, letting excess ends hang over the side. Reserve a sheet or two to cover the top. (Overlap is fine, but brush a little butter in between pasta sheets that touch). 2. Begin layering the remaining ingredients. Start with a thin layer of tomato sauce, followed by a few pieces of mozzarella, some cooked pasta, then a thin, even layer of béchamel. Finish with even layers of your chosen filling and a sprinkling of Parmesan. Press down to compact it, then repeat the layering until you reach the top or run out of ingredients. 3. Cover the top of the timpano with remaining pasta sheets and press down firmly. Brush with butter, and fold over the hanging ends of pasta to cover the top.The timpano should now be completely encased in pasta. Brush the top with remaining melted butter, cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes, until warmed through. (A knife inserted into the center should feel hot when it comes out.) Let rest for 20 minutes before unmolding and slicing.

Ghost of Christmas Present), all the Harry Potter films (if I ate that much food I’d suck at quidditch) and 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. (I would kill for seven min-

chi or ravioli, bound with eggs or cheese and filled with meat, vegetables or both, de-

utes in heaven with the cream-filled toadstool that Mike TV’s mom gorges herself on. She

pending on the region and season. The size of the movie version is a bit unrealistic too.

totally didn’t deserve it.)

Most restaurants serve an individual timballo, or a slice off a much smaller drum.

The sheer awesomeness of the timpano from Big Night is enough to overlook its questionable history. In Italy it is typically called timballo or bomba, and it varies from re-

But enough nit-picking. Crank up the Rosemary Clooney, and let’s eat!

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Leslie Bilderback is a certified master baker, chef and cookbook author. A South

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DINING

A Taste Test for Diners and Drivers What do a farmers market and a hybrid car have in common? A lot, as sustainable scallop lovers discovered when the Toyota “Farm to Table Tour” came to South Pasadena. BY BRADLEY TUCK

Has it really been 13 years since Toyota introduced the Prius to the world? The favorite car of the socially responsible was launched in Japan in 1997 and rolled out in the U.S. in 2001. A million Priuses (or should it be “Prii,” the plural term promoted by Toyota?) have been sold in America since, thanks in part to the company’s marketing team. Of course, part of the job of any team is identifying its potential customer. With that in mind, the car company launched the Toyota “Farm to Table Tour” three years ago. The strategy is simple enough. People who shop at farmers markets care about the environment, their health and the health of the planet. They are also keen to support small farms and local businesses. By attaching themselves to farmers markets, the halo effect occurs, allowing the brand to aver, “I share your values. I am the car you want.” But it would be a mistake to view this as a cynical marketing ploy. After all, what could be cynical about trying to get more people to drive more fuel-efficient cars? Isn’t that a

PHOTO: Laurie Allee/Glimpses of South Pasadena

noble goal? The tour came to South Pasadena’s Farmers Market on April 14, and it’s not hard to see why Toyota would choose the place as the fifth stop on the tour (with other California stops in Walnut Creek and Aptos). With its leafy tree-shaded streets, mom-and-pop businesses, restaurants, historic buildings and strong sense of community, South Pasadena would seem to be the perfect, photogenic destination for the Farm to Table Tour. Walking around the market that afternoon, it was impossible not to notice how many more people than usual were in attendance. That’s not to say the market isn’t popular, but the scene on (This page and overleaf) The Raymond’s chef Tim Guiltinan cooks “for real” at the South Pasadena event.

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DINING

–continued from page 47 To promote Farm to Table eating, Toyota had set up

“A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU DO AN EVENT LIKE THIS,

three tents, where participating restaurants provided chef-created tastings to the public on a rotating

YOU DO SOMETHING EASY, YOU GET IT READY, PUT

schedule. In tent No. 2, Tim Guiltinan of The Raymond Restaurant was busy with his crew, searing scallops

IT OUT, MAKE IT LOOK NICE. I DON’T LIKE THAT. I

and delicately perching them on some roasted Maitake mushrooms, pea tendrils and sweet soy. The

DON’T LIKE COOKING LIKE THAT, DON’T LIKE EATING

line stretched 100 people long at one point, prompting some barking from concerned security personnel

LIKE THAT.” –TIM GUILTINAN

as faces and foreheads reddened and shone in the sun, resembling the slices of blood oranges on a nearby stand. Guiltinan kept up his

funk rising in the heat of the day. Passers-by clutched the free potted culinary herbs

good humor and kept his head down as more than 300 scallops were prepped and

that were part of the Toyota promotion, while children and some adults, ahem, scoffed

passed out to attendees. The dish he offered was time-consuming to prepare, certainly

down Carmela Ice Cream’s devilishly good ice-cream sandwiches. The scene was dot-

not something simply scooped out of a chafing dish. Did he regret making a rod for

ted with TV news crews, and crowds were beginning to gather for Susan Feniger. Her

his own back by being so ambitious? It seems not.

celebrity status cemented by appearances on Bravo TV’s Top Chef Masters, Feniger

don’t like eating like that. If you come into The Raymond, you’re going to get something

now inhabits the rarefied world of the über-chef. She was unequivocal in her support for the event. “I have driven a Prius forever. And when you think about the people that are here

that just came out of the pan, made with great ingredients. And we do the same here.

shopping, they are thinking about their health and the environment, they are making

You motivate your staff, and you say ‘Are you guys ready? Because we are going to cook

smart choices. In all of our restaurants, Street and Border Grill, we make the same choices

for real!’” The restaurant’s owners, Rob and Leslie Levy, were similarly enthusiastic.“ We love

and try to think of ways that we can make a little tiny step to make a difference. At Street

South Pas, and our restaurant is half in Pasadena and half in South Pasadena. Our chef

we recycle all of our oil, and it’s used to make our hand soap in the restrooms. We follow

shops here for the freshest produce.”

Monterey Bay Aquarium’s standards at seafoodwatch.org, so all our seafood is sustain-

As a sitar player twanged away to a pre-recorded hip-hop-esque beat worthy of a

able. In talking to these guys at the market and Toyota, it all made sense. Whether it’s Toy-

KCRW session, a woman with ankle bells danced and sang, and a crowd gathered.

ota or whoever bringing more people here, it’s raising awareness about the farmers

The L.A. FungHi stand was practically heaving with fresh wild mushrooms, their earthy

market, so I am happy to lend my support.” ||||

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PHOTOS: Laurie Allee/Glimpses of South Pasadena

“A lot of times when you do an event like this, you do something easy, you get it ready, put it out, make it look nice,” he told me.“I don’t like that. I don’t like cooking like that,

THE LIST

A SELECTIVE PREVIEW OF UPCOMING EVENTS COMPILED BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER

SYMPHONY OFFERS MUSIC FOR KIDS AND CONNOISSEURS

1:30 p.m., is 1962’s Lonely Are the Brave,

A centennial companion book, California

in advance, $45 the day of the tour (avail-

starring Kirk Douglas and Walter Matthau.

Light: A Century of Landscapes — Paint-

able until 7 p.m. at Descanso Gardens,

May 1 — The Pasadena Symphony

Museum admission costs $10 for adults, $6

ings of the California Art Club by Skira

1418 Descanso Dr., La Cañada Flintridge).

presents its free Musical Circus for chil-

for students and seniors and $4 for children

Rizzoli, is also available.

For information, visit lchs78.org/hometour.

dren, at 2 p.m. at the Americana at

ages three to 12; free for Autry members.

The California Art Club Gallery at the

For tickets, call (818) 790-0419 or visit

Brand. Jamie Shaheen hosts “Rach and

The Autry National Center is located at

Old Mill is located at 1120 Old Mill Rd.,

albrooks.com.

Roll” --- an edutainment about the piano.

4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park.

San Marino. Call (626) 449-5458 or

The event also includes an instrument

Call (323) 667-2000 or visit theautry.org.

visit old-mill.org.

“petting zoo,” where kids can try out orchestral instruments,

A sampling of Pacific Asia Museum

May 7 — Maestro

events this month:

Maximiano Valdés

May 5 — Award-winning documentarian

conducts the orches-

John McDonald discusses Beijing Opera

tra in “Rachmaninoff

at a 6:30 p.m. reception. The cost is $25

2” at 2 and 8 p.m. at

($15 for members).

the Ambassador Au-

May 7 — A Chinese

ditorium, as part of the Symphony Clas-

tea ceremony at

sics Series. Chu-Fang Huang (pictured) is

1 p.m. illuminates

featured piano soloist in a program of

Chinese history, cul-

Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 and

ture and Taoist and

Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Tickets range PHOTOS: Robbie McGraw (“Whimsical Winds”); David Damm (Low Tide Reflections); courtesy of Pacific Asia Museum (Chinese Tea Ceremony); courtesy of ART.WRITE.NOW. (Lachlan Turczan, Angry)

ENLIGHTENING ENTERTAINMENT AT PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM

Buddhist philoso-

from $30 to $80.

phies. Free for members, free with admis-

The Ambassador Auditorium is located at

sion for non-members.

131 S. St. John Ave., Pasadena. Call (626)

May 8 — Artists with L.A. Opera’s

793-7172 or visit pasadenasymphony-

Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program

WINDS SWEEP INTO THE ALEX

explore opera’s fascination with China at

May 1 — The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra ends its 2011 Family Concerts Series

hands-on activities and open galleries.

activities, free with museum admission,

with “Whimsical Winds” at 2 p.m. at the Alex Theatre. The program introducing chil-

Guests are encouraged to wear Asian or

from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event offers

dren to wind instruments is hosted by KUSC-FM (91.5) radio host AlanChapman.

cocktail attire or, in honor of the museum’s

planet-friendly advice from environmental

Kids' activities prior to the 1 p.m. concert are organized by Kidspace Children’s

40th anniversary, dress in their 1971 finest.

groups, backyard farmers, green-build ar-

Museum, the California Science Center and LACO. Tickets cost $10 and $16.

Admission is $15 (free for members).

chitects and wildlife and gardening ex-

The Alex Theatre is located at 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Call (213) 622-7001

The Pacific Asia Museum is located at 46

perts as well as musicians performing the

or visit laco.org for tickets.

N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. Call (626)

pops.org.

CELEBRATING MOTHER EARTH, NEW FILM SERIES AT THE AUTRY May 1 — The Autry National Center celebrates Earth from a Native-American perspective with numerous family-friendly

2 p.m. Free with admission. May 13 — Pacific Asia’s “Fusion Fridays” summer series returns at 7:30 p.m. with “Friday Night Fever,” an evening of performances, lessons, gourmet food, drink,

449-2742 or visit pacificasiamuseum.org.

sounds of Hawaii, Peru and Brazil. Also featured are a community mural project

TOMORROW'S ARTISTS AND WRITERS TODAY

hosted by Apache/Zacatec artist Bernie Granados, traditional games, Native

CALIFORNIA DREAMING

HILLSIDE HOMES ON DISPLAY

May 7 --- “Art.Write.

May 3 — The Califor-

May 6 — La Cañada High School’s an-

Now,” an exhibition of

is a Western?” screen-

nia Art Club contin-

nual 7/8 PTA Spring Home Tour runs from

100 visual and literary

ings of classic films in

ues its centennial

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. The do-

works by teens from

the Wells Fargo The-

celebration with the

cent-led tour features four homes --- a

around the country

ater spotlight the

“California Dreamin’”

Cape Cod, a Spanish Colonial, a ranch

(including four from

exhibition at the

dances and more. May 14 — The “What

complexities of life,

home and a traditional Hamptons estate.

L.A.), opens at Pasadena's Lineage Dance

justice, violence and heroism on the fron-

club’s Gallery at the Old Mill in San

Admission includes luncheon from The

Performing Arts Center with a public recep-

tier, and are tied to the Autry’s collection

Marino, featuring some 40 California

Spot Gourmet in the first session and El

tion from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and runs through

and exhibitions. Jeffrey Richardson, asso-

landscapes and seascapes capturing

Cholo cocktails and appetizers for the

June 3.The participants were culled from

ciate curator of Western history and popu-

iconic sites. The exhibition, which runs

second. The Hamptons estate also in-

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards’ top 1,200

lar culture, will lecture before and after the

through Aug. 28, opens officially with a re-

cludes the Home Tour Market Place. On-

winners out of 185,000 submissions.The

screenings. This month’s offering, at

ception May 5 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

site parking will be limited. Tickets cost $40

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real estate developer to create Southern

2011 winners will be celebrated at a May

California’s subdivisions of the 1950s, the

31 ceremony in New York, where Scholastic

distinctive modern tract housing epitomiz-

alumnus and prominent L.A. artist John

ing the California lifestyle. A tour of Eichler’s

Baldessari will also be honored.

Balboa Highlands homes is offered on Sat-

Lineage Dance Performing Arts Center is

urday. Lecture admission costs $12 (free for

located at 89 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena.

Friends of the Gamble House) and reserva-

Visit artandwriting.org/artwritenow.

tions are required.Tour tickets, available only in advance, cost $45 ($35 for members).

SPANISH HORSE SPECTACULAR

e t tas the flavors of arroyo

Art Center College of Design’s Ahmanson

May 5–8 — The an-

Auditorium is located at 1700 Lida St.,

nual “Fiesta of the

Pasadena. Call (626) 793-3334, ext. 52 or

Spanish Horse” starts

visit gamblehouse.org.

at 3 p.m. May 7 at the Los Angeles Eques-

JAZZY DAY IN THE PARK

trian Center in Bur-

May 14 — Live jazz

bank. The cancer charity spectacular

comes to Pasadena’s

features a multicultural, Broadway-style

Central Park for the

show, including a demonstration of eques-

first time in years. At

trian elegance and agility set to music. An

the “Jazzy Jam

accompanying multi-breed horse show, in-

Pasadena: Educa-

cluding Andalusian, Lusitano, Pure Raza Es-

tion for Empowerment Benefit Concert”

panole, Paso Fino and other breeds, runs

from noon to 8 p.m. KKJZ radio personality

from May 5 through 8.Tickets cost $25 for

Bubba Jackson hosts contemporary sax-

adults and $20 for children ages 5 to 12

ophonist Everette Harp, Latin jazz band

and seniors 65 and older; admission is free

leader Johnny Polanco, jazz violinist Karen

for children under 5.

Briggs and more. The concert, co-chaired

The Los Angeles Equestrian Center is

by Pasadena Councilwoman Jacque

located at 480 Riverside Dr., Burbank.

Robinson and event producer Jackie

Call (818) 842-8444 or visit

Snell-Brown, supports enrichment pro-

fiestaspanishhorse.org.

grams for Pasadena students and benefits child and youth services of the

DERBY DINNER HONORS HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Flintridge Center and Charity Event Out-

May 7 — The Blinn House Foundation hosts

eral lawn seating; children under 13 are

the eighth annual Dr. Robert Winter Award

admitted free.

Dinner with cocktails, a silent auction, raffles,

Central Park is located at the corner of

entertainment and a viewing of the Ken-

Fair Oaks Avenue and Del Mar Boulevard,

tucky Derby, at the Edmund Blinn House in

Pasadena. Call (626) 744-8081 for infor-

Pasadena.The event honors Payton Hall of

mation or visit jazzyjampasadena.com.

reach Services. Tickets cost $25 for gen-

the Historic Resources Group for his archi-

PHOTOS: courtesy of Jazzy Jam; courtesy of Museums of the Arroyo Day

tectural preservation of the Gamble House,

ARROYO MUSEUMS COME ALIVE

the Rose Bowl and other landmarks. Activi-

May 15 — For Muse-

ties start at 2 p.m. Cost is $150 per person.

ums of the Arroyo Day,

The Blinn House is located at 160 N. Oak-

five museums along

land Ave., Pasadena. Call (626) 796-0560

the historic Arroyo

for tickets.

Seco open their doors for free from

EICHLER EXAMINED

noon to 5 p.m.. Participants include The

May 13 — Author David Weinstein speaks

Gamble House (4 Westmoreland Pl.,

on “Joseph Eichler and His Architects: The

Pasadena), Heritage Square Museum

Men Behind Eichler Homes” at 7:30 p.m. at

(3800 Homer St., Los Angeles), Los Angeles

Art Center College of Design’s Ahmanson

Police Historical Museum (6045 York Blvd.,

Auditorium.This Gamble House Lecture ex-

L.A.), the Lummis Home and Garden (200

amines the people who worked with the

An Indian Notion: Modernize SOUL OF INDIAN FOOD FRESHENED AND MADE MORE VIBRANT AT RADHIKA BY DAN O’HERON Chef/partner Karan Raina, while an advanced agent for well-chosen Indian food reforms, still takes guests on a virtual cook’s tour of the subcontinent’s classic cuisine: the Brahmin tastes of northern India’s exotic Kashmir, plus spicy lamb vindaloo, a speciality of western coastal India, and chicken cooked with apricots, a favorite of southern Hyderabad. But these days, with the delicacy of a hand among blossoms, Raina and partnerbrother Sunny, an admitted “entertainer and writer when time allows,” have tempered rich Indian traditions with felicitous pairings of fresher ingredients and lighter and more refined cooking techniques. To cater to both classic and modern sensibilities, and to coax health-conscious newcomers to its tables, meals are much lighter and easier to digest. After dinner, you won’t feel like a reclining bronze Buddha, too full to get up, and Radhika there’ll be no need for a nap before going to the theater. 966 Mission St., Without sacrificing an alchemic knack for blending herbs South Pasadena and spices into contrasting waves of sweetness, snap and tang (626) 799-2200 – which makes each dish seem different-- and maintaining wizradhikarestaurant.com ardry with pickles and preserves, the modern menu includes a wide array of salads adapted to California tastes, plus innovative dishes like white gazpacho, Punjabi tacos, and the tenderest scallops you’ve ever had. Fling-finders will relish the fare and ambiance of the adjoining Rad ha Room. Outfitted for fun, it makes for a new pretty face in Indian noshing and drinking. Surrounding dark wood-block tables, splendidly arrayed with picturesque appetizers, fine wines, and cold beers, party hosts can be seen sitting comfortably on designer-fabric banquettes that hug the walls. Unexpected guests can pull up thick-cushioned ottomans. With a screen flickering Bollywood musicals of the ’50s and ’60s – one golden era of Indian entertainment could be ushering in a golden age of restaurants. I

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MEXICAN COMPOSERS HIGHLIGHTED

decade of Ellington's life, from 1965 to

May 22 — The Santa Cecilia Orchestra

Walt Disney Concert Hall is located at 111

presents “México Sinfónico!,” celebrating

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TWO OF A KIND Sibling rivalry (and revelry) reach new heights in the exuberant and edgy art of Clayton Brothers: Inside Out, on view at the Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art from May 15 through Sept. 4. The exhibition includes paintings and mixed-media installations by the brothers Clayton --- Rob, 47, and Christian, 43. They both teach at Pasadena's Art Center College of Design and each lead separate home lives with their respective wives, children and dogs at opposite ends of Pasadena. Yet their creative lives are so intertwined that neither can take sole credit for any of the work they create together. “It’s a totally collaborative process,” says Rob.“We start talking about what we‘ve seen or heard. An idea or theme develops. Then we start work, each building separately on what the other has done. Some stuff gets disappeared, some gets brought bigger. It just builds organically.” It can get chaotic, Rob acknowledges, but that’s part of the process. Art themes spring from the world around them, usually touching on some aspect of the human condition. Wishy Washy, for example, is a multi-media installation depicting a laundromat, inspired by a real laundromat called Wishy Washy near the brothers' La Crescenta studio; it’s meant to illuminate the displacement many customers feel but can never identify when they use such a facility. A series of paintings called Patient grew out of witnessing a motorcycle accident outside their studio. “We were about to do a show in Beijing, and we wanted a relate to,” Rob says. “We had watched emergency personnel at the accident scene and discussed the whole experience. We decided to approach our

“IT’S A TOTALLY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS … SOME STUFF GETS DISAPPEARED, SOME GETS BROUGHT BIGGER. IT JUST BUILDS ORGANICALLY.”

work from their perspective, trying to diagnose and correct certain ailments. We came to cyberchondria, which is the current trend of self-diagnosis on the Internet. So we decided to do a series that would somehow refer to all these things, something with emotional quality, intrigue and color.” Stephen Fleischman, director of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in Madison, Wisconsin, originally curated the traveling exhibition for his museum. He describes their art as “consistently informed by vivid color and an eccentric cast of characters...an obsessively rich body of work that strikes universal chords but remains deeply personal. Front and center are the unique people, animals and places that occupy the outskirts of the American psyche.” --- Bettijane Levine The Pasadena Museum of California Art is located at 490 E. Union St., Pasadena. Admission costs $7 for adults and $5 for seniors and stuTop: I Come From Here Bottom: Wishy Washy 54 | ARROYO | 05.11

dents (free for members and free the first Friday of the month). Call (626) 568-3665 or visit pmcaonline.org.

IMAGES: Courtesy of the Clayton Brothers (Wishy Washy); collection of Sarah Ratchye and Ed Frank (I Come From Here)

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